Home Categories historical fiction The Tang Dynasty has never been calm 2. Li Shimin's political lessons

Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Wen Huang Doesn't Care About His Old Love Xiao Yu Criticizes His Former Friend

Things in the world are like this, sometimes you treat him with all your heart and soul, and he doesn't take you as anything, only by letting him go through blind eyes and suffering can he be moved.Excluding special circumstances, the soldiers have not felt such a breath for a long time, and some have never seen such a tearful thing.They turned their hearts full of emotion into the motivation to move forward. Under the leadership of Li Shimin, the number one archer in the Tang Dynasty and the founder of the Xuanjia Army of the Tang Dynasty, they worked together to create an elite division that was more fierce than the Xuanjia Army.

Don't be offended. Who made him Li Shimin. Excessive military training has become the norm, but the court has already exploded.According to reliable sources, September 24th is the day when the imperial court seals off officials. To put it bluntly, today you will either get promoted and get rich, or pack up and leave.Therefore, September 24th is undoubtedly the day that all the ministers have been waiting for. In fact, Li Shimin has been worrying about this for a long time. He usually makes up his own mind, and if he can't decide, he goes to his wife to discuss it, but this approach is wrong.The daughter-in-law Guanyin and the maidservant are a good daughter-in-law, and she will never be able to ask her about political affairs, so Li Shimin had to find a way to solve it by himself.Sigh, giving credit to so many people is really not a human job. Think about it, the civil and military officials of the imperial court have experienced thousands of battles, who would not want to have a headache?

Fortunately, Li Shimin is still young. After staying up all night for a few nights, Comrade Emperor finally produced a long "List of Honorable Officials and Nobility Rewarding Cities". Chaotang, civil and military officials. Chen Shuda was in charge of counting the tickets, and when he sang, the officials below gave an ouch, either joyful or miserable, which fully reflected the confusing and confusing characteristics of fate. His Highness and his group of ministers were in a mess. Basically, except for Fang Xuanling and his group, they all felt that the reward was unfair, and started yelling, disrupting the normal order.This can't be blamed for the rudeness of the officials. It was Li Shimin who said before the roll call: "If you think it's wrong, you can bring it up." Now this chaotic situation.Just being dissatisfied, a general jumped out, pointed at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui and said to Li Shimin:

"I am dissatisfied! I raised troops in Kansai, and they were the first to respond to the uprising. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui spent the whole day squatting in the room and writing. They didn't even touch a hair of the enemy, but their credit was ranked above me. I don't accept it!" Dare to talk to the emperor Lao Tzu like this, court death! But when everyone saw it, they were relieved. The general is Li Yuan's cousin, as is Li Shimin's uncle Li Shentong.Li Shimin looked at Li Shentong, laughed a few times, "Uncle was the first to respond at the beginning of the uprising, and the credit is not small!" Everyone nodded, wanting to see how Li Shimin would deal with it. "But..." Li Shimin changed his tone and said, "That's just to avoid disaster." Everyone was a little stunned, and Li Shimin spoke faster, "Uncle, you might as well think about it. When Dou Jiande was in trouble, your entire army was wiped out; Liu Hei When the war broke out, you ran away. Xuanling and others planned strategies, settled down in the country, and rewarded for their merits. They should have been before my uncle. If my uncle was unhappy, wouldn’t it be wrong? My uncle is my dearest relative and someone I respect. , but I can’t treat anyone nice just because they are my relatives, and I can’t treat anyone badly because they are not my relatives.”

Finally, Li Shimin came to such a conclusion: "If rewards and punishments are clearly defined, there will be order in the country!" Li Shentong froze there, he didn't expect his nephew to remember all his defeats clearly. All is well. Li Shentong's defeat in those few battles is indeed disgraceful. Now, the rewards are rich enough, and it is unjustifiable to fight for success with a face. Li Shentong has nothing to say anymore.The generals originally hoped that Comrade Li Shentong would lead everyone to make a fuss, so that they would eat more dog meat, but now, even the most unconvinced people have nothing to say, and they have nothing to say, or have something to say. Want to say dare not say.

The award is complete. However, there are still dissatisfaction. One day, Fang Xuanling found Li Shimin nervously, and said to Li Shimin: "Recently, the old subordinates of the Qin Palace said: 'We have served the emperor for so many years, and now that the rewards have been completed, the official position is behind the people in the Qiangong and the Qi Palace. What's going on here.'" After speaking, he looked at Li Shimin in a puzzled manner, "Everyone has worked so hard to help you, but you are killing relatives righteously. Others think you are fair, but our inner government secretly says you are cold-blooded. ,His Majesty!"

Li Shimin had been aware of it for a long time, and he said to Fang Xuanling: "The king, the selflessness of the king can make the people of the world pleasing. I and you usually get food and clothing from the common people. The reason why the court set up officials and duties is It is used to serve the common people, otherwise what is it used for? Tell me! The appointment of an official depends on ability and deeds, and talents should be selected for use. How can we rely on first-come-first-served appointment? If the new virtuous, the old incompetent , Shouldn’t the old people be arranged first, and the incompetent take up important positions?”

Fang Xuanling nodded. He passed on the words, and no one said anything more. After some careful thinking, Li Shimin decided to perform a major operation on the court. The first day of October, winter. Li Jian was granted the title of Xiwang, posthumously titled Prince Yin, and Li Yuanji, king of Qi, was granted the title of assassin (sound: spicy, surly) king.After the crowning of the king, all officials began to cry in sackcloth and filial piety, which was arranged by Li Shimin.Yiqiu's door, white clothes plain onyx.Here, Wei Zheng is the most emotional.Because Li Shimin specially approved that all the former crown princes and former officials of the Qi Palace could attend the funeral, he calmed down and said, "I will go too."

At the funeral, Li Shimin was particularly emotional. In fact, it's not that he has no feelings for Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Those days of harmony so many years ago are still vivid in his memory.Li Jiancheng has become the old prince. After crying and the funeral is over, it is time to choose a new prince.The candidate for the new crown prince has already been determined, and that is Li Chengqian, the first child of Guanyin's servant girl.The dead were crowned king, the son became the new crown prince, and the ministers all received the rewards they deserved, so what should the relatives do?

The so-called relatives are clan relatives, the family with the surname Li.Father Li Yuan left Li Shimin a mess. This mess is so bad that it's a bit tricky. It is said that when Li Yuan just became the emperor, in order to win over all the imperial power into the hands of the clan, he sealed off the clan.The seven aunts and eight aunts, and even the relatives and nephews of his seventh uncle and lord have been named kings and lords.Thinking about it carefully, compared to modern times, such a filial Li Yuan gave birth to so many children, and the Li family is so huge that he has many relatives with himself, a great-grandfather and a great-grandmother, and all of them were given to high-ranking officials. There are dozens of them, as many as one brigade.What's even more speechless is that those who are close, no matter you are an old man or a baby, can be canonized.

Therefore, at this stage, many infants are kings, and when they are born, they become kings before their teeth grow. King, Duke, Hou, Bo, Zi, Nan, babies can be kings, one person is under ten thousand people, it is really a joke. For this reason, Li Shimin specifically consulted Comrade Feng Deyi. Asked: "Is it beneficial to the world to enshrine the clan all over the world?" Feng Deyi said: "It's the most disgusting thing to be a king. What do people in the world think if they have merit or not? Since the Han Dynasty, there have never been so many kings in the court. I'm afraid it can only increase the taxes of the people. I have fed them." Feng Deyi, an old comrade with a long history in the political arena, was scheming and sophisticated, and Li Shimin attached great importance to his words. Li Shimin nodded, confirming that his thoughts were correct.A few days later, except for a few meritorious persons who did not degrade their status, all the princes of the other dozens of families were demoted to county princes. This time, it can be regarded as offending everyone. There is a saying that is good, it is easy for you to swipe such a big pen, but you don't see a family crying to death.Fan Zhongyan, a great Chinese poet who worries about the people, gave a resounding answer: "It is better for a family to cry than a whole group of people to cry!" Those who follow them are not all ordinary people!Li Shimin looked at Feng Deyi appreciatively, and praised him. The new emperor was so revolutionary that the comfortable people were terrified. But the chancellor, Feng Deyi, seems to be enjoying himself. Feng Deyi also has an extremely glorious past. When he followed Li Yuan, he was Zhongshuling (Yang Su was Zhongshuling back then, and he will tell the story of the three provinces and six departments in the future), which shows the importance of Feng Deyi. Comrade Feng is deceitful and has insight into people's hearts. Half of the reason why he became such a high-ranking official back then was because of Xiao Yu's recommendation.However, what Xiao Yu didn't know was that Feng Deyi was indeed not bad in terms of talent, but when it came to character, he was terrible.Li Yuan once felt that this person was really bad, and wanted to send him back home to farm.But is Comrade Feng Deyi so easily dismissed? After analysis, Comrade Feng accurately grasped Li Yuan's psychology and came to the conclusion that he was in urgent need of a good strategy. So he wrote a letter and said things, all of which hit Li Yuan's vital points, and won Li Yuan's favor. Xiao Yu strongly recommended him again, and he became the top leader of the imperial court smoothly. In front of Li Yuan, Feng Deyi had a lot of fun. He is not only Li Jiancheng's confidant, but also Li Shimin's secret agent. Li Shimin is so keen that he can't feel it.When the brothers were fighting among themselves, Comrade Feng made a little talk on one side and made some suggestions on the other side, so that people on both sides thought that this dear brother was his own.In fact, in Feng Lao's eyes, these children are too young and too young, just enough for practice.After Li Shimin ascended the throne, when he was appointed as an official, he ordered Xiao Yu to be the left servant and Deyi to be the right servant. Feng Deyi played his hands up and down, making everyone have a good time, and the worst one was undoubtedly his recommender Xiao Yu. The left and right servants often participated in the discussion of major events. Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi discussed matters in front of the emperor, and they were generally able to draw conclusions.But after that, Comrade Feng liked to turn his back on the carbine, and ran to Li Shimin to put forward the opposite opinion. His words were well-phrased and his thoughts were profound, so he couldn't help but make Li Shimin change his mind.In this way, Feng Deyi himself was very happy, but Xiao Yu was very annoyed.Comrade Feng is very good at uniting people, but also good at harming others. The indifference shown by the two newcomers Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to Xiao Yu is inseparable from Comrade Feng. Under the guidance of two counselors, Fang and Du, Comrade Feng's life began to flourish again. Xiao Yu was completely left out in the cold, and Feng Deyi was angry with him every day. For him with a stubborn temper, it was indeed a bit unbearable.Xiao Yu wanted to rectify Feng Deyi, read him a book, and sued him for playing power.But history tells us that all the people present were only at the kindergarten level in front of Comrade Feng. Yes, Feng Deyi is a fine human being, participating in him is equivalent to participating in ghosts, not only will there be no results, but it will also arouse evil spirits.Just like that, Feng Deyi, who was extremely cheating, tricked Xiao Yu again. Xiao Yu also has friends, and Chen Shuda is the most loyal one. Chen Shuda was originally a child prodigy. When he was a teenager, he wrote poems with his pen. He was knowledgeable, decent, and very filial.When Li Yuan was the emperor, he once gave him a bunch of grapes.Chen Shuda took it, put it in his cuff and refused to eat it.Li Yuan was puzzled, so he asked: "Zicong (word), grapes are delicious, why don't you eat them?" Chen Shuda was a little embarrassed, and he stood there honestly and replied: "My mother suffers from thirst and wants to eat something good, but there is no one at home. I want to take this bunch of grapes home for her to eat." After hearing this, Li Yuan burst into tears. Just two lines flowed out, and immediately ordered someone to send three hundred bolts of silk to Chen's house.It can be seen that Chen Shuda is indeed worthy of being friends with the vigorous Xiao Yu. When Chen Shuda was young, he wrote a very famous song "From the King's Departure", which said: Since the king came out, the beauty has turned haggard. Thinking about you is like a bright candle, burning your heart and holding tears. Since the king came out, the bright mirror has given up red makeup. Thinking about you is like a night candle, burning thousands of lines of tears. There is a saying that "the belt is getting wider and you will not regret it, and you will be haggard because of Yixiao".This poem is about the song of daughter's lovesickness, and the friendship of missing is vivid on the paper. However, at this moment, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu broke up in front of Li Shimin.They blamed each other and even cursed.So some people wondered, aren't they good friends? Why did this happen?Well, we have to ask our Comrade Feng to explain—— "Old Feng, may I ask how you did it?" "Well, haha, isn't it good to turn over other people's old accounts and make them fight among themselves?" "Feng Jun, is this good for you?" "I like to use subtle means to turn over other people's old scores, especially Xiao Yu who likes to argue with me." This method is very suitable for dealing with an impatient person like Xiao Yu. Feng Deyi's approach broke the relationship between Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, and he pinched him first.And he himself hid in a dark corner to watch the excitement.Later people learned that Comrade Feng has no character, only talent, and he is a dangerous person.In front of Li Shimin, according to Feng Deyi's plan, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda had already started to get angry. Xiao Yu cursed Chen Shuda for five minutes, and Chen Shuda cursed Xiao Yu for five minutes. The content of the curse was the Chen Zhima rotten millet mentioned by Comrade Feng just now. Li Shimin endured their old sesame seeds and rotten millet for ten minutes... Finally, the emperor got angry, and said: "You guys are coming and going, are you still doing business?!" Xiao Yu became anxious and began to blame Li Shimin; Chen Shuda was also anxious and began to blame Li Shimin.After the collective condemnation, Li Shimin was trembling with anger from them, waved his hand and said: "Shut up all of you, don't be an official, go home and farm!" ... (three minutes of mourning) Feng Deyi succeeded, he made full use of the integrity and fiery temper of the two men, and got the emperor to drive his opponent out of the court.He smiled, that's what he wanted. In Li Shimin's mind, Feng Deyi had helped him greatly and was a hero.He didn't expect this person to have an idea for Li Jiancheng to kill himself.Some people once speculated that, in fact, there are quite a few people who know about Feng Deyi's legend, but due to face and other reasons, they did not or cannot speak out.Only this Xiao Yu is not sympathetic, and speaks freely.For his own safety, Comrade Feng took him down. This is the story of the farmer and the snake. Some people are not worth it.
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